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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. ICBA Bancard’s 1,600 community bank customers have issued more than 7.3 ICBA Bancard’s 1,600 community bank customers have issued more than 7.3

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ICBA: Building Bridges For The Next Generation Of Community Banks

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Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

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Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? With various banks and FinTechs producing innovative solutions — like mobile banking and P2P tools aimed at improving the speed of payments — the pressure is on for community banks to keep up. faster payments system.

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NEW REPORT: Do Community Banks Need A Faster Payments Wake-Up Call?

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A group of 22 global banks announced their participation in a proof of concept for cross-border payments from financial messaging service provider SWIFT. Community banks meet the millennial generation.

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How to Attract Multiple Generations to Open New Accounts and Apply for Loans

Understanding these attitudes and using them to inform marketing messages enables community banks, regional banks and credit unions to better serve their customers. How are Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z defined? What types of digital technology should you employ to meet the needs of each generation?

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Community Banks, Where Moving Beyond Interest Income Is In The (Credit) Cards

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Think of banking and you might think of lending and deposits, where firms make money on the spread between what they pay savers and what they take in from borrowers. But banks cannot live on interest alone. Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities.

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NEW REPORT: Visa On Arming CUs To Win The War For Millennial Talent

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The program aims to accelerate the integration and deployment of digital banking technologies and to improve member experiences. Further collaborations could be possible if credit unions and community banks can work better together, according to J. Helping CUs Engage and Retain Millennial Talent . The good news?